Honor an Early Childhood Educator

Honor an Early Childhood Educator

The Honor an Early Childhood Educator program was created in 2014 with two primary goals – to recognize early childhood educators who have made a difference in the lives of young children and families and to provide NAEYC/CAEYC membership scholarships for current undergraduate or graduate students majoring in early childhood education/development.

This year’s Honor an Early Childhood Educator took place on March 31 at the USC Pacific Asia Museum with more the 100 attendees. We recognized 19 outstanding ECE educators and raised $1,700 for student NAEYC/CAEYC membership scholarships. Congratulations to the honorees and thanks to the nominators for their generous support of CAEYC.

Kristi Almeida Bowin (nominated by Ventura County AEYC)
Jesse Beltran, Janet Dimas and Paula Mei Fernandez (nominated by Ana Page)
Yuju Patricia Chen (nominated by Yafen Lo)
Oy Christian(nominated by Hadassah Ratna Rajaratnam)
Paula Cole (nominated by Tom Chiaromonte and Veronica Hernandez)
Amber Daniels (nominated by Marilyn Shelton)
Angela Greathouse(nominated by Christina Talleda)
Melissa Lee (nominated by Jenny Yen)
Heather Manchester (nominated by Jenny Yen)
Farbod Markazi and Faraz Markazi (nominated by Ana Page)
Marilyn McGrath (nominated by Jenny Yen)
Zahra Naseem (nominated by Michelle Soltero)
Margot Palacios (nominated by Cynthia Price)
Jennifer Parker (nominated by Ventura County AEYC)
Michelle Soltero (nominated by Jenny Yen)
Veronica Sylvia (nominated by Hadassah Ratna Rajaratnam)
Dayna Turner (nominated by East Bay AEYC)

We want to extend a heartfelt appreciation to our Honor an Educator reception sponsors and local affiliates for their monetary and in-kind contribution.